1. Joey Logano, Team Penske No. 22 Ford — Apparently wasn’t satisfied with starting second to his teammate last week. Proved it by winning pole.

2. Brad Keselowski, Team Penske No. 2 Ford — One of only three drivers to have top-fives in each of the first two races. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon are the others. He’s in good company.

3. Clint Bowyer, Michael Waltrip Racing No. 15 Toyota — Bowyer wasn’t traditionally a strong qualifier at Vegas while at RCR. But he started fifth there in 2012 in his first MWR season and started second there last year when they lined up by 2013 points.

4. Austin Dillon, Richard Childress Racing No. 3 Chevrolet — His starting fourth certainly is a confidence boost after a finish of 24th last week at Phoenix. He's running his third different paint scheme of the season this week, and will debut a fourth next week as team rotates sponsors.

5. Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 Chevrolet — Didn’t have a great test Thursday, but team showed its ability to turn things around quickly with strong qualifying run.

8. Aric Almirola, Richard Petty Motorsports No. 43 Ford — For a guy who has never started in the top-20 at Las Vegas, he has to be looking forward to Sunday.

9. Brian Vickers, Michael Waltrip Racing No. 55 Toyota — Said that driving around slow to cool his engine during qualifying was the most dangerous thing he’s ever done in racing. At least he won’t have to worry about that Sunday.

10. Ryan Newman, Richard Childress Racing No. 31 Chevrolet — Two RCR cars in the top-10 has to have the organization feeling good about its qualifying setups for intermediate tracks.

11. Carl Edwards, Roush Fenway Racing No. 99 Ford — Tops in practice Friday, Edwards probably was hoping for a little bit more in qualifying. Still, if he has a good car Sunday, he can win from here.

12. Martin Truex Jr., Furniture Row Racing No. 78 Chevrolet — Had a scare in practice with an oil line issue but didn’t have to change engine so will get to keep this starting spot.

14. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Hendrick Motorsports No. 88 Chevrolet — A first and a second to start the season, Earnhardt can’t argue with anything about 2014, so far. OK, so he might be a little disappointed over starting 14th. He’ll get over it and be ready for Sunday.

15. Jeff Gordon, Hendrick Motorsports No. 24 Chevrolet — Has started off the season strong. Needs to be just a little bit stronger, though, to win.

16. Kevin Harvick, Stewart-Haas Racing No. 4 Chevrolet — Coming off win at Phoenix, his team has clearly been the class of the SHR stable this year.

22. Danica Patrick, Stewart-Haas Racing No. 10 Chevrolet — Horrendous start in 2014, she needs a good run Sunday or she could be in jeopardy of missing races. A first good step Friday with this decent qualifying result.

23. Kurt Busch, Stewart-Haas Racing No. 41 Chevrolet — Announced this week that he will be doing the Indy-Charlotte double. So that’s a bit of good news to soften the blow of starting 23rd.

24. Tony Stewart, Stewart-Haas Racing No. 14 Chevrolet — He might be healing from the broken leg last year, but the woes on the Cup side have continued.

25. Greg Biffle, Roush Fenway Racing No. 16 Ford — Not happy he missed the top-24 cutoff after the opening round of qualifying. Hasn’t been too happy about much this weekend.

27. Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing No. 11 Toyota — He has a lot of work to do. Maybe some slight solace in the fact that teammate Matt Kenseth is starting a row behind him.

28. Cole Whitt, Swan Racing No. 26 Toyota — Started the year with no 2013 owner points and qualified for all three races. #Winning

29. Matt Kenseth, Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 Toyota — Won this race a year ago, and we know how last season evolved. Wouldn’t mind a win and a similar type of season. But 29th in qualifying doesn’t exactly breed confidence.

30. Casey Mears, Germain Racing No. 13 Chevrolet — Mears is 11th in the Cup standings after two races. While he likely won’t stay there, he could finish better than you think this year.

31. Josh Wise, Phil Parsons Racing No. 98 Chevrolet — After missing the race last week, Wise needed to get into this one. He did it with some room to spare in qualifying.

32. Parker Kligerman, Swan Racing No. 30 Toyota — Even at 32nd, he’s third among the rookies in qualifying. This stuff isn’t easy.